Chapter Forty-Seven: Life Goes On
"Captain, this is ......"
"Ah, Sir Sesima, thank you for your willingness to come to Tingen."
After taking Crestai to Dunn's office, Rosanne left consciously.
Crestai placed the small suitcase on Dunn's desk: "This is the potion material that the 'soothsayer' needs for promotion, and I can conduct his promotion inspection in the afternoon." Take me to see them first, the Runaway and Esther. β
"Yes, both of them are behind the Chanis Gate, and they haven't woken up from their slumber yet."
"Speaking of the Runaway, when Beckland returns later today, we will take him back to the Recess of Beckland, where he can be better healed by a requiem."
Dunn nodded silently, not expressing any opinion on how to deal with it.
"As for Esther, we're not going to take her away, but...... Let me see how she is doing. And the emblem you keep with you for the time being. When you feel the need, you can use it and add the symbol I left on the stone door to temporarily suppress Esther. β
Dunn nodded again, taking this as the Templar's trust and trust to him, "I see. β
The survival of old Neil is closer to a "miracle" for Crestai, and people can't help but feel that "Esther" is really a special aid from the goddess to the Tingen night watchman team, Crestai has never heard of a person who has gone out of control and turned into a monster, and there is even the possibility of being reversed out of control, which is incredible.
If such a miracle could have been performed on every out-of-control person, there would not be so many extraordinary people who have died in pain at the hands of their colleagues every year, but unfortunately, such a power Crestai has never witnessed. Esther's ability to exert when she was out of control was close to the high-level rumors of another sparsely populated sequence, but even Crestai had not been exposed to much information about the "monster" path, and the Templar's information in this regard was quite scarce.
After checking on Old Neil's condition, Crestai followed Dunn to Esther's stone house, and the silent power surging inside made him feel shivers in his back.
"Sir Sesima, Esther has been asleep since she was sent back yesterday. I also let the two female night watchmen in this morning to take a look, but the sealing power inside is too much to be used by any living person. β
"It's okay, it won't affect me much in the short term, just wait for me outside."
Crestai shook his head indifferently, tightened the box containing the "Sword of the Goddess" in his hand, pushed open the stone door and pulled open the lampshade on the wall, allowing the faint blue candlelight to shine in the small stone house, illuminating the scene inside.
Crestai then nodded to Dunn and motioned for him to close the stone door.
As soon as the door closed, the faint blue light in the stone house immediately dimmed again, and seemed to be extinguished at any moment.
Crestai leaned over to place the silver suitcase on the ground, and as he was about to open the lid, Esther's faint voice came from under the covers: "Are you here to execute me?" β
She popped out half of her head, silver bangs blocking her face, vaguely revealing the dark eyes underneath.
Crestai immediately stopped what he was doing: "You're already awake?" β
"Yes, I've been awake from the moment you stepped into the hallway with that bone sword, and the power of the bone sword echoes the seal here. But I was in a bad state and I didn't dare to let the captain see it. β
Esther pulled the quilt down a little more, revealing her entire head, allowing Crestai to see what was hidden under her quilt, dozens of tiny dots of light, which shook and swirled in her ears completely uncontrollably, as if she were drunk.
"It does look like it's getting out of hand, for you." Since Esther was awake, it would be easier to communicate with her than to use the power of the "Goddess Sword" to force her breakthrough into Esther's dream, Crestai sat next to the box, because Esther had a cashmere carpet and the floor of the stone house was not very cold, "Do you have any idea of these points of light?" β
Esther didn't speak, but the wariness and confusion on her face were palpable, and although she didn't hate the senior deacon she had met a few months ago, she didn't trust him much.
Crestai cleared his throat in embarrassment, "Ahem, old Neil is doing a lot better than the Templar expected. We'll take him to Beckland, where the Requiems can provide him with a lot of help. β
"Mr. Neil is still alive, and there is no better outcome than this." Esther's expression relaxed again, and she curled up into a smaller ball under the covers, "Your Excellency Cessima, will the extraordinary be out of control?" β
The scope of the question was too broad, and Crestai pondered for a moment before he carefully replied, "I can't lie to you, every Extraordinary One must be in danger of 'getting out of control', which should be the price of the Extraordinary One's acquisition of special powers. β
Esther blinked, she stretched out her hand, and a few flying points of light stopped on her fingers, like resting fireflies: "Extraordinary, normally, it shouldn't be possible to reconcile with 'out of control', right?" β
"Yes." Crestai frowned, but did not refute Esther's words, did she mean that these points of light could communicate?
"Deacon Secima, do you believe in light?"
Crestai was puzzled by the question, so he replied, "I am absolutely faithful to the goddess. β
Esther covered her mouth and laughed twice, and then she looked up slightly melancholy: "Sorry, it's just a cold joke that isn't funny." I want to wait for you to leave, I'm going to continue to sleep all these days, and I need to sleep to stabilize my 'runaway state'. β
Crestai nodded: "Since you know, then I won't hide it." I'll strengthen the seal on the door, and that should make you sleep more peacefully. β
"That's great," Esther closed her eyes and sighed faintly, "You don't know, I hate dreams now......"
"Is there anything I need to bring to the night watchmen in Tingen?"
"Please, tell the captain to stop trying to dream of me, it's bad for him. Help me and Klein, the night watchman who is going to be promoted, to keep him on his toes. Help me relay Leonard's message to stop going overboard...... And Luo Shan, let her smile more, and when I get better, I will accompany her for afternoon tea...... Ms. Siga's next story will definitely be in the newspaper......"
As she spoke, Esther's voice grew lower and lower, and the words were like a dream, and finally returned to a peaceful, peaceful breath. The dots of light that swirled around Esther's head retracted under her covers, as if instinctively avoiding Crestai's gaze.
Crestai got up and picked up his suitcase, pulled down the lampshade, and let the stone house return to the darkness of the invisible fingers.
He opened the stone door, through the light that came in through the hallway, and took one last look at Esther's face, which was obscured by silver hair, and put aside the points of light that seemed to be conscious, and she didn't seem to have anything strange about her sleeping.
"I'll bring the words to me. Good night, Ms. Esther. β
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Because Klein was instigated by Leonard to reveal the role to all the Tingen Nightwatchers, Crestai's workload suddenly increased a lot. After checking Crane's condition and making Crane swear that he would not reveal the act, Crestai had to let everyone into the alchemy room alone and guide them to swear to the Goddess Sword.
It wasn't until Kornley walked out of the alchemy chamber solemnly and bewilderedly that Klein returned to the underground and heard Crestai's announcement: "Crane the Night Watcher. Moretti, in the name of the Goddess, I solemnly inform you that you have passed the examination of the Templar.
Congratulations, with your exploits, you can now get promoted and become the Sequence 8 Extraordinary! β
Klein breathed a sigh of relief, being able to pass the investigation so smoothly made him feel a wonderful trance, he originally thought that there would be more things to investigate or special tasks, but he didn't expect it to be so simple.
"Thank you, Your Excellency Secima. Praise be to the Goddess! β
After explaining the essence of the act of "just playing" to Klein again, Crestai picked up another small suitcase on the table and lined up the contents on the table.
Adult Hornachis grey goat unicorn crystal, full human face rose.
Klein compared the recipe on the parchment with the one he remembered, and after making sure there were no errors, he recalled the potion mixing process that Old Neil had demonstrated, and began to distill pure water, putting the auxiliary materials in turn.
A few minutes later, the glass bottle in Klein's hand was filled with a strange golden, yellow and red liquid, which looked extremely sweet and seductive, like a cocktail with layered colors.
After checking with Crestai that the potion was prepared correctly, Crane divined the potion and then decisively poured it down.
It looks like such a beautiful potion, but the taste in the mouth is terrible.
Under the discomfort of the body's violent reaction due to its extraordinary properties, Klein endured the whispers of "Hornachis" and "Fregra" and entered a meditative state.
When the physical and mental abnormalities returned to calm, Klein clearly knew that he had successfully advanced to Sequence Eight.
I really wish I could share this joy with Esther, and the fellow will be happy for him.
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Two days later, Esther was finally able to walk out of behind Chanis' gate on her own, much to the relief of the rest of Blackthorn Security, and Rosanne almost hugged her and cried.
She managed to restrain the light back into her head, but the change in the bland gold and large silver hair on her head could not be concealed, so Esther simply gave up, she did not like the headscarf even more, which would make her feel a sense of fear of being imprisoned again in the glass ball.
But Esther's current peculiar appearance is no longer suitable for going out, it is too eye-catching, and her appearance is not very similar to that of Rune natives, and when she goes out with such hair, Esther is afraid that she will be captured and investigated by the supernators or the extraordinary people of the mechanical heart.
To her relief, the night watchmen didn't have any special opinions, according to Siga's secret explanation to Esther: "The goddess blesses the loss of control if he can get his life back, and the change in hair color is the real small problem." β
Roshan slapped Esther's hand with red eyes, and the force was neither light nor heavy: "Why do you sleep and don't even eat!" It's so worrying! I ordered you a set meal at Diamond Rose Restaurant tonight, no reimbursement is required, I invite you! β
"Rosan...... Isn't that good? Don't worry about it. But I'm welcome to eat food, we can share it! β
Rosanne poked Esther's head: "Don't worry so much next time!" Don't push yourself! β
"I know, I know, I'll pay attention......" Esther's bright smile was a little silly.
Crane, who was making coffee next to him, smiled knowingly: "Although everyone doesn't say it, the atmosphere in the company has been quite depressed in the past few days when you have been asleep." β
Esther rubbed her eyes, "But I'll probably go back to sleep down there often...... I still need a lot of rest. β
Roseanne immediately became nervous, and broke Esther's head to look left and right: "I'll just say, you still look so haggard!" Then why do you have to run out and go to sleep again? β
Esther just chuckled, not responding positively to Roshan's words.
Crane's heart tightened, he knew why the fellow was in such a hurry to come out, he didn't even want to wait for his hair to return, and he also wanted to see the people on the night watchβshe was afraid of being forgotten.
She was afraid that after a long night's sleep, no one would remember her.